Amos was not popular – 5:10
- He rebuked sin – 2:6-9; 4:1
- He threatened their comfort – 6:1
- He spoke of judgment and punishment – 7:7-9
Amos was not a prophet – 7:14
- A prophet in the sense that he prophesied – 7:15
- But he was not supported by men to be a prophet – 7:12,14
Amos was not the son of a prophet – 7:14
- Not that his father was not a prophet
- He did not receive any special training to be a prophet
How could Amos be so bold?
He was not a prophet
- His livelihood was not dependent on being a prophet – he supported himself
- He was not answerable to any man
- He was doing the Lord’s work
He was not the son of a prophet
- No special training, so no special ties to teachers or peers
- No dependence upon others
- All he had was God’s word
